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Police News
A woman and two young girls have been arrested after school staff and police were assaulted in Armidale today. At about 10.30am, officers attached to New England Police District were called to a school on Butler Street, Armidale, following reports two students had assaulted staff. Police arrived and were told two girls – aged 11 [...]
Rural Health
MOREE is earmarked for 16 additional paramedics, with the roll-out to start in April. The New England Zone has received a significant boost to frontline emergency care with 12 additional paramedics to be sent to Tamworth South as well. This workforce expansion is part of a state government commitment to see 500 additional paramedics to [...]
Regional News
FROM Harleys to Hondas – nearly 900 Ulysses Club members are rolling into Armidale for the club’s national, week-long rally. Armidale locals can expect to see an amazing collection of motorbikes in and around town, with the rally running until March 29. There will be a street parade as well as a spectacular show-and-shine event. [...]
Rural Health
MOREE, Armidale, Tamworth and Gunnedah secured two registrar GPs in the last Australian General Practice Training, or AGPT in-take, with financial incentive for registrars to train in Moree, Wee Waa, and Glen Innes increased to the maximum of $45,000. The Royal Australian College of GPs NSW and ACT Chair, Dr Rebekah Hoffman, said it was [...]
Operation Soteria
A teenage boy will face court following an investigation into alleged break-and-enters, vehicle thefts and other offences in Moree. Officers attached to New England Police District have been conducting inquiries into the alleged offences which are alleged to have occurred in the Moree area between December 2023 and January 2024. These reported incidents include aggravated [...]
Regional Roads
Transport for NSW will today start work to improve safety on a stretch of the Gwydir Highway about 50 kilometres west of Moree. Work at Browns Creek involves widening the road and improvements to two kilometres of pavement as well as repairs to five culverts. A Transport for NSW spokesperson said the Gwydir Highway is [...]
Regional News
THE Federal Government and NSW Government are partnering to connect disadvantaged young people with education, training and employment in New South Wales, each investing in the Get Back in the Game Program to help organisations deliver specialist support to young people aged 15 to 21. The program is available across the New England and north-west [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Sporting Complex was one of 37 organisations across New South Wales to receive funding for upgrades to community facilities under the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program. Inverell Shire Council received $73,349 to upgrade field lighting at the local sports complex on Eucalypt Drive. The complex houses hockey and touch fields, football and soccer fields, [...]
It’s Not Love
FOLLOWING a state government awareness campaign, one in two people in New South Wales have now heard of coercive control and understand what it means. Independent research shows awareness and understanding of coercive control has increased since the campaign, It’s Not Love, it’s Coercive Control, was launched, compared to one in three people prior. Among [...]
Racing
ALL 19-year-old Charlotte Murrell has wanted to do most of her life is ride horses. She began pony-clubbing and showjumping four or five years ago on an ex-racehorse owned by her mother, Amanda. The galloper, Kay Bea’s Lad, was trained at Armidale by Frank Tanner and won a couple of races. Kay Bea’s Lad didn’t [...]
